Not able to click on map during Google search why did they change this (in EU)

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rich_sasha• 2 years ago

Seems like a small price to pay for the ongoing effort to prevent the Internet being owned by a small number of [American] mega corps.

microtonal• 2 years ago

Agreed, but I think that Google is also trying to create outrage against the DMA (or is it DSA in this case?) by complying in the most annoying way possible - “here is a map, but you cannot click it because EU”.

Similar to the browser choice screen in iOS, they could also direct you to a page where you select your map provider, which would then be remembered for future map clicks. This doesn’t disadvantage Google Maps competitors and does not introduce this annoyance.

(The right answer now should not be to bash the EU, but to move to another search engine that cares about their users more than making their lives more miserable out of spite.)

cientifico• 2 years ago

I understand the frustration, but there is nothing preventing Google from adding a link to Google maps and other competitors in the search results.

I will personally love to see a link to openstreetmaps that tends to be more detail in my area.

This feels more like being evil, than trying to provide a good experience to the user and being nice. (Maybe they are working on that already)

lijok2• 2 years ago

How captured the consumer base is by these monopolies. Thread full of people angry at the EU for Google's malicious compliance.

mmsc• 2 years ago

Are the comments just bots, or do they really believe that the EU said “Google can’t put a clickable link on the Google search result!” like that?

Google chose to do it this way.

lijok2• 2 years ago

There is virtually no intelligent discourse on Reddit left. It is a very angsty, hostile place veiled in a thick layer of fake virtue.

Unfortunately many of internets town halls are going the same way.

10 years ago I thought the solution to the declining positive discourse on the internet was profiles attached to real names, real photos. Then twitter proved me wrong.

enkne• 2 years ago

I got so annoyed that I created Chrome extension that brings clickable maps back.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-maps-quickcl...

lousken• 2 years ago

any plans to make it into a userscript as well?

zvr• 2 years ago

Can it be configured to open OpenStreetMap instead?

Not able to click on map during Google search why did they change this (in EU)

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